Jean Arthur
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Jean Arthur was a celebrated American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for her distinctive husky voice and leading roles in classic screwball comedies and Frank Capra films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Arthur canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4356430 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean Arthur Context triple: [Only Angels Have Wings, starring, Jean Arthur]
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A.
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney was an American film and stage actress best known for her beauty and acclaimed performances in classic 1940s films such as "Laura" and "Leave Her to Heaven."
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B.
Margaret Sullavan
Margaret Sullavan was an acclaimed American stage and film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for her sensitive, naturalistic performances in films such as "The Shop Around the Corner."
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C.
Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo was a popular American film actress and dancer of the 1940s and 1950s, best known for her roles in movies such as "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "White Heat."
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D.
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
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E.
Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright was an acclaimed American film actress best known for her Academy Award–winning and nominated performances in classic 1940s films such as "Mrs. Miniver," "The Pride of the Yankees," and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jean Arthur Target entity description: Jean Arthur was a celebrated American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for her distinctive husky voice and leading roles in classic screwball comedies and Frank Capra films.
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A.
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney was an American film and stage actress best known for her beauty and acclaimed performances in classic 1940s films such as "Laura" and "Leave Her to Heaven."
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B.
Margaret Sullavan
Margaret Sullavan was an acclaimed American stage and film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for her sensitive, naturalistic performances in films such as "The Shop Around the Corner."
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C.
Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo was a popular American film actress and dancer of the 1940s and 1950s, best known for her roles in movies such as "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "White Heat."
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D.
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
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E.
Teresa Wright
Teresa Wright was an acclaimed American film actress best known for her Academy Award–winning and nominated performances in classic 1940s films such as "Mrs. Miniver," "The Pride of the Yankees," and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Actress nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Gladys Georgianna Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cremated, ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-10-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-06-19 ⓘ |
| genre | screwball comedy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| laterActivity | occasional television appearances in the 1960s ⓘ |
| marriageEnd |
1928
ⓘ
1949 ⓘ |
| marriageStart |
1928
ⓘ
1932 ⓘ |
| name | Jean Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | The More the Merrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive husky voice
ⓘ
screwball comedy roles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Only Angels Have Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ Shane NERFINISHED ⓘ The More the Merrier NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talk of the Town NERFINISHED ⓘ You Can’t Take It with You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Plattsburgh, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Frank Ross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julian Anker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Only Angels Have Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ Shane NERFINISHED ⓘ The More the Merrier NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talk of the Town NERFINISHED ⓘ You Can’t Take It with You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Vassar College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtSubject | acting ⓘ |
| workedWith | Frank Capra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWithDirector |
Frank Capra
NERFINISHED
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George Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1923–1953 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jean Arthur Description of subject: Jean Arthur was a celebrated American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for her distinctive husky voice and leading roles in classic screwball comedies and Frank Capra films.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.